Biocatalysis
Subtitle: From Discovery to Application (Springer Desktop Editions in Chemistry)
Edition: 1st ed. 1999. 2nd printing edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9783540669708
Subjects: Biochemical Engineering; Biochemistry; Organic chemistry; Organic Synthesis; Enzyme Biotechnology; Science; Synthesis; Science/Mathematics; Organic compounds; Biotechnology; Chemistry - Organic; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Biocatalysis; Biokatalyse; Biotransformation; Enzyme; Science / Biotechnology; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Science : Chemistry - Organic; Science : Life Sciences - Biology - General; Enantiomers; Enzymes
First sentence: The first enzymes were discovered in the 1830s: diastase by Payen and Persoz and pepsin by Schwann.